Fri, Jul 27 2007, 7:00 AM
It's been a rough week for the housing market. Homebuilder confidence
is in the gutter, existing home sales fell substantially and the bad news
eman...
Thu, Jul 26 2007, 7:00 AM
There was mixed news on the existing housing front in last month. The
monthly survey by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) � showed the
sal...
Fri, Jul 20 2007, 7:00 AM
The homebuilding industry is obviously in distress. But, in testimony
before the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben B...
Thu, Jul 19 2007, 7:00 AM
Short-term adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) were unchanged during the
last week, but longer term fixed and adjustable rate mortgages did move;
if up...
Fri, Jul 13 2007, 7:00 AM
It seems that nary a week can pass without a subprime
disaster of some type. This week is no exception although there
was at least a bit of variet...
Wed, Jul 11 2007, 7:00 AM
The Office of the Chief Economist of Freddie Mac issued its monthly
economic outlook for July on Monday and, in the narrative provided a
helpful an...
Thu, Jul 5 2007, 7:00 AM
Mortgage rates decreased for the second week in a row
according to the results of Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey
for the previous wee...
Tue, Jun 26 2007, 7:00 AM
The National Association of Realtors can always be depended upon to
put the best face on housing news.
The monthly report on the sales of existin...
Fri, Jun 22 2007, 7:00 AM
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies recently released its
annual State of the Nation's Housing report for 2007. It is
dismal reading.
...
Tue, Jun 19 2007, 7:00 AM
Two measures of the housing market were released this
week and each shows that, at best, builders are remaining cautious; at
worst they are showin...
Mon, Jun 11 2007, 7:00 AM
Two days, two economic forecasts; the first which we reported on
earlier from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) showed a rapid
deterioratio...
Fri, Jun 8 2007, 7:00 AM
The National Association of Realtors has backpedaled
on previous housing forecasts with it U.S. Economic Outlook report for
June released on Wedne...
Wed, Jun 6 2007, 7:00 AM
Longer term mortgage rates hit 2007 highs during last
week according to the results of Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market
Survey. With the exce...
Tue, Jun 5 2007, 7:00 AM
Flips are beginning to crowd the market as home sales slow. Investors
who mistimed the market are finding that it is taking
much longer than they ...
Wed, May 30 2007, 7:00 AM
Maybe it is just temporary, but it looks like the worm - that is the
mortgage interest rate version of it - has finally
turned.
Freddie Mac's P...
Fri, May 25 2007, 7:00 AM
Thu, May 24 2007, 7:00 AM
According to Frank Nothaft , vice present and chief
economist of Freddie Mac, "Mortgage rates inched up this week following
the Federal Open Market...
Tue, May 22 2007, 7:00 AM
NAHB's chief economist David Seiders said, "The pattern of building
permits clearly shows that the dramatic downward
correction in housing productio...
Thu, May 10 2007, 7:00 AM
With the growth of house price appreciation now stalled or even
reversed, this has fueled fears that homeowners may face an inability to
withdraw eq...
Tue, May 8 2007, 7:00 AM
Declining home sales and prices have not succeeded in discouraging
homeowners from pulling equity out of their homes
according to Freddie Mac's qu...
Fri, May 4 2007, 7:00 AM
It seems impossible to get a clear look at the housing situation these
days. Where there is hope there is despair, if good news there is bad,
existi...
Wed, May 2 2007, 7:00 AM
To use the word "drift" in conjunction with the mortgage market the past
week would be suggesting too much energy in mortgage rates
and in the marke...
Tue, May 1 2007, 7:00 AM
Thu, Apr 12 2007, 7:00 AM
Will the economy return the favor?
Spring usually provides the strongest home selling period of the year
and with interest rates still relatively ...
Wed, Apr 11 2007, 7:00 AM
In a statement accompanying the release of Freddie Mac's Primary
Mortgage Market Survey for the week ended April 5, Frank Nothaft, Freddie
Mac vice ...
Tue, Apr 10 2007, 7:00 AM
David Lereah, the chief economist for the National Association
of Realtors (NAR) has weighed in on the bankruptcies,
foreclosures, and predicted A...
Wed, Apr 4 2007, 7:00 AM
In its report of the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey for
last week, Freddie Mac took some credit for the stability in
mortgage rates ...
Tue, Mar 27 2007, 7:00 AM
Reports on the sales of both new and existing homes
were released on Friday, March 23 and Monday, March 26 and they pointed in
distinctly opposite d...
Wed, Mar 21 2007, 7:00 AM
Wed, Mar 7 2007, 8:00 AM
Mortgage interest rates slipped for the second week in a row last
week, with some rates reaching 2007 lows. The Mortgage Bankers
Association's (MB...
Fri, Mar 2 2007, 8:00 AM
Reports on January sales of both new and existing houses were released
this week. Conclusions were, to say the least, mixed.
The National Associat...
Wed, Feb 28 2007, 8:00 AM
Concern over the slowing housing market may be impacting
mortgage rates according to Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice
president and chief economist...
Tue, Feb 20 2007, 8:00 AM
Mon, Feb 12 2007, 8:00 AM
There were lots of little nuggets of information in the February
Economic Outlook issued by Freddie Mac on February 8.
It addition to the usual for...
Wed, Feb 7 2007, 8:00 AM
Mortgage rates assumed a split personality again this
past week with Freddie Mac showing moderate increases and the Mortgage
Bankers Association repo...
Fri, Jan 26 2007, 8:00 AM
First read the press release issued on Tuesday by the National
Association of Realtors regarding data on the sale of existing
homes in December an...
Mon, Jan 22 2007, 8:00 AM
Home builders are growing increasingly more confident
about the economy and the real estate market and that was reflected in
the most recent report...
Thu, Jan 18 2007, 8:00 AM
Both long and short term interest rates were up again
during the week ended January 11 according to Freddie Mac's Primary
Mortgage Market Survey. ...
Wed, Jan 17 2007, 8:00 AM
The housing market is in a bit of a funk and home prices are not
rising as fast as they did a year or so ago, but the outrageously
expensive home ...
Tue, Jan 16 2007, 8:00 AM
The January 2007 Economic Outlook which is published last week by the
Office of the Chief Economist at Freddie Mac was headlined " The
Remodeled Hou...
Wed, Jan 3 2007, 8:00 AM
Inflation jitters caused mortgages rates to increase
a bit during the last full week of 2006 according to the Primary Mortgage
Market Survey relea...
Fri, Dec 29 2006, 8:00 AM
Is it the end of the end of the housing bubble ? The
National Association of Realtors (NAR) seemed to think so as it issued
its November report on ...
Thu, Dec 28 2006, 8:00 AM
The widely reported purchase of Realogy by Apollo
Management LP last week may just be the opening move in a wild and wooly
auction for the company...
Tue, Dec 26 2006, 8:00 AM
Housing permits and starts in
November were mixed when compared to October levels according to figures
released this week by the U.S. Census Bure...
Fri, Dec 1 2006, 8:00 AM
As usual, fresh on the heels of the National Association of Realtors
monthly report on the status of
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